Petty Issues

Andy Rooney said goodbye on 60 Minutes last week, shocking those of us who thought he was already dead.

R.E.M. announced they were breaking up last week, shocking those of us who thought–oh, stop me if you’ve heard this one…

I can’t believe the remarkably unappealing Dolphin Tale (it’s pretty rare I won’t even go see a movie) was the top movie at the box office last weekend and before that The Lion King (a movie I’m pretty sure everyone in the world has seen five times) won two weeks in a row. If you get to the movies, see Moneyball, Contagion, Drive, and 50/50 in that order of best to pretty good.

Asshole of the Week Runner-Up: The “brilliant” New York authorities who decided it was a good idea to arrest 700 Wall Street protestors this weekend. Thanks assholes, you took what would have died in a couple days (it’s getting a bit cold out) and re-engerized our movement.

Asshole of the Week: There’s no getting around it, Alabama has a race problem. I know this will shock most of you, but there are some white people in Alabama that just don’t like Mexicans very much–I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it is true. Last week, Mexicans fled Alabama in droves as a result of a federal court upholding its fucking absurd illegal immigrant bill and some (most) white people cheered…I wonder if they’ll still cheer in two months when this bill reveals its disastrous effects on the state’s economy. Who am I kidding? These people see race in terms of logic or economic good sense, hell, if they could still segregate the schools, they would.